Success

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail

There would be no great men if there were no little ones

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes

If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of a glorious heaven.

Great things are done when men and mountains meet

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell